B Corp Champions Retreat 2026

Gabe Damiani is an entrepreneur, visionary, and Licensed Q Grader on a singular mission: to prove that the best cup of coffee in the world can also be the most responsibly sourced.

With over two decades immersed in coffeehouses across the globe, Gabe brings rare technical depth — Licensed Q Grader, CVA Certified Cupper, SCA Roasting Professional — paired with an unshakable belief that business can and should be a force for good. His credentials aren't titles. They're tools in service of a bigger blueprint.

In founding Bear Lake Coffee Co., a Certified B Corporation and fourth-wave roastery & coffeehouse rooted in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, Gabe created more than a coffee company. He built a beacon — demonstrating how even from one of the most remote corners of the world, meaningful change can ripple outward across supply chains, farming communities, and the global coffee industry.

Bear Lake operates under a Coffee with a Purpose® framework: source and roast exceptional, exploitation-free coffee guided by Five Sourcing Principles — Full Traceability, Living-Income Pricing, Zero Deforestation, No Forced or Child Labor, and Long-Term Partnerships. Every green coffee supplier formally signs on. Every lot is independently scored. B Lab verifies the ethics. Q Graders verify the quality. Both, simultaneously. That's rare, and it's the standard Gabe holds himself to.

His vision is simple and sweeping: a world where every cup of coffee spreads happiness — uplifting the farmer who grew it, strengthening the community that shares it, and protecting the land for generations to come.

Quality and responsibility belong in the same cup.
That's Coffee with a Purpose®.